Maria Del Transito

María, 68, is single and has two children; she lives in the municipality of Omoa, Cortes. She opened her own grocery store six years ago where she sells soft-drinks, packaged snacks, rice, beans, cheese, bread, milk, juice, cured meats, etc.

The loan she’s requesting is her 7th cycle and it’s for 20,000 Lempiras that she’ll use to buy more merchandise like basic grains, soft-drinks, cured meats, juice, meats and others to stock her store. With this investment the store will have good stability. Her goal is to help herself and provide herself better quality of life.

Additional Information

This loan is administered by Organización de Desarrollo Empresarial Femenino Financiera, S.A. (ODEF), a Kiva Field Partner in Honduras. A leader in the microfinance sector since 1985, ODEF strives to combat poverty by offering a wide array of financial services to low-income men and women. The organization works with its parent NGO, ODEF OPD, to provide training and technical assistance to impoverished microentrepreneurs. By incorporating the entire family unit in this process, ODEF OPD aims to improve the standard of living through the creation of profitable enterprises. Visit ODEF’s partner page for more information.